Sunday, August 6, 2017

Golden Son by Pierce Brown

“Home isn't where you're
from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”

It has been
awhile since I had last read “Red
Rising” by Pierce Brown and when
I found out about the rest of the books in Pierce
Brown’s “Red Rising” trilogy, I just has to pick up the next book “Golden Son” as soon as possible and
man, was I in for one intense and shocking ride!

Darrow used to be a Red, but when his beloved wife Eo ends
up dying in the last book due to defying the high and mighty Golds, Darrow then
decides to disguise himself as a Gold in order to infiltrate the Gold Empire
and fulfill Eo’s dying dream to live a life of freedom. While in the Gold Empire, Darrow starts making
friends at the Gold Academy and after he wins the deadly competition in the
last book, he becomes Augustus’ most cherished warrior. However, Darrow soon realizes that the Sons
of Ares are starting a rebellion against the Gold Empire and Darrow realizes
that the only way he can take down the Gold Empire is if he causes a war
between the Golds themselves. As Darrow
becomes Augustus’ champion and puts his plan to action, he will soon learn
about the importance of true friendship while discovering several betrayals within
his army that might eventually break him.

Wow! Just wow…. After I had read the first book in the “Red Rising” series, I never would have
thought that the second book “Golden Son”
can beat the brutal, intense and shocking nature of “Red Rising.” But lo and
behold, “Golden Son” managed to beat
out “Red Rising” in terms of having
the most brutal and shocking twists to ever happen in this series! Pierce
Brown has done a fantastic job at writing this story as it is much more intense
and shocking than the first book and I was quite surprised by the number of
betrayals that happens to Darrow throughout this book as the characters that I
expected to betray Darrow were not the characters that I was expecting. But probably the best part about this book is
the characters themselves and how much they had developed from the first book,
whether it is a positive or negative progression for them. Pierce Brown has done a great job at developing all of these
characters from the first book, especially Darrow himself as he went from being
a weak protagonist who was not sure about his goals in life and whether or not
he can succeed in infiltrating the Gold Empire to being a strong protagonist
who eventually went up the ranks of the Gold Empire and even had the courage to
lead an army to take down his enemies. I
also loved the progression that both Sevro and Mustang take in this book as
they go through the most amazing development among Darrow’s other allies and I
like the fact that Darrow and Mustang’s relationship actually progresses
further in this book and I cannot wait to see more of Darrow and Mustang in the
next book! I also loved the friendship
shared between Sevro and Darrow as they have one of the most unique friendships
I have ever read in any science fiction novel!

Anyone who does not like strong language and gory violence
should be warned that there is some strong language in this book, such as the
usage of the “s” and “f” word and it would probably be best to skim over these
words if you are offended easily. Also,
the violence is pretty strong in this book as it features massive slaughter of
many people and the gory fights between the characters are told in great
detail.

Overall, “Golden Son”
is a truly intense and shocking second book in the “Red Rising” series that fans of dystopian fiction should
definitely check out and now, I am going to read the third and final book in
the series, “Morning Star" because the ending of this book is seriously killing me and I got to know what is going to happen to Darrow in the third book!

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